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~~/~ N UMBER 10,403. 6'lC7'Urll.l,l.Vti -OFFICE. lan. i 2., 1 d2r;. TIE CO.M.M/SSIO,NERS jia• VICTUA 1,- L IIYG His Medd EST Y'S Ar,4 PY , ).c. do hereby zive -sVnti,e, Thai on Thursday, the' -.lli-Feinlre , y next; they Will be - rinify t, receive Tonto; in iiri!iajC.,:inted .,. py, and t , Tat far Me l'idloiring• quantities of NEW STAB ES', to Li deligered int, Ai* 3trafeeto Victaaniny Stara at the Ports, and in the ~,rupari'iims he,.under specifled,:i... I.Y.;.li'crd, . P o rtvm , oith.. - Plymouth. Pipe , Ift Mille. • 6 Mille: 4 Mille. CRO WN 11 4 701 y. d T ic :: U I<< 10 I) A N•rzLG s . t iAl i i th ~ 10 10 Llientling 10 ;-• QI; ElitEc . Pipe 30 One-half ufeavh,.sort in. the 30th StiPteltOer, Id-24, and Me rtinainrier by the 15112 Jaannrw, 18 :7. 7'he conditions ,of the ciaarac4 mail he seen nt this Office. •Each lira let 7ilit.s( A - yr, t vicr i/t e: !rPrk, and sittiverttel tris,re. Oil: v, e!..e rl,ty ersd the Perevii Who wakes the Teto:'rt. ur. gyn.ar wirot 41tenfl to alcove , ,fth.f...r, called fur. 3f. fr-. 1.1: r• 1, I rrON. --- ---- THEATRE. It. EBEItS most respt.ci folly kayo to annouhee to the Nobility, the.Subscri hers to the Opera, and the P u blic, that the KING'S THE AT RE RE-OPENED on SATURDAY, the 7th of January, The following Yerformere have arrivcd in London, and will appear before Easter 'FOR THE OPERA. 3i x d / rrie Boutni (who will make her first appearance in this Country), Madame Centauri, Madame Cornet:a oho will make her first appearance in this. Country), MiPlame Castelli, .Madame Felicia; Signor Velluri, Signor Cofoxii, • Signor Tom.ri, Signor Desiri, Signor Deville, Signor Porto, Signor 1. , e ikgnis, Signor Placci,. SignorDe Giovanni, Signor Rubbi. Leader of the Band, Signer Spagnoletti. Composer and Couductor, Signor Cocchi. Poet, Signor Pixtrucci. The Chorusses, which have been increased,- under the ding • tion of Signor Rubbi. The whole under the direction of SiOor ?OR THE BALLET. Mademoiselle firoirtid ( who will make her first apnea:wee it) this Country), Mademoiselle Drain& Fleurot ( who will make her first appearance in this Country), Madame lie Blond, 'Mademoiselle Pauline (who will make her first appearance in thia coUntry); . Mademoiselle notialie tine (who will Make her first appeArance in this Country), Mademoiselle (lenevaux (who will make her first appearance in this Country), Mademoiselle Levasseur ( who will mike her first apnearance in this C,iuntry), Mademoiselle Delottre, Mademoiselle Copete (who will make tier first appearance in this Country), Mademoiselle O'Brien, Mademoiselle Angelica. Mademoiselle Louise, "Mailt:inairelle Emilie, Mademoiselle Mari, `Madenioiscile Bianchi, Ale de. moiselle Dorino, Mademoiselle Helene, Malaine Spitalier ; Monsieur •.Coulon, Monsieur Leblond, Monsieur Tileoilore (who will make his first appearance in this Country,, )nsleur St, Piere (who will make his first appearance in this country), Monsieur Buisgerard, Moniieur Dubois, Monsieur Silvairi, and'a numerous Corps de Ballet. Stage Manager, Director, and Composer ,of . Mnsic, for • the Ballets, Monsieur Bochsa. Leader of ,the Band,' Monsieur Rophino Lacy. The whole under the direction of Monsieur D'Egville. Principal Scene Painter, Signor Zarra ; Principal .Tailor and Keeper of the Wardrobe, Signor Sestlui ; Secretary, Mr. Allan ; Treasurer, Mr. Clary. Mr. Seguin will attend in the Office of, tha King's Theatre, as usual. sT. THOMAS'; 110CPITAl,... • . 9- I HE SPRING COURSE of Lncruitgs will commence nit FRIDAY, thr einti rint , 'Ant. THEORY and .PRACTicii. of MEDICINE WIL LIAMS and Dr. ELMO NON. MATERIA, IVIEDICA—Or. ROOTS. CHEMISTRY—NIr. H. BURTON. ANATOMY —Mr. Gitt4.t..N awl Mr. JOHN F. SOUTH. SURGERY---MI. GREEN. . , MIDWIFERY—Dr. I.OCoCK. L;ONPARATIVE 'ANATOMV.--Mr.IOHN F. SOUTH. BOTANY—Dr. CLINICAL, LECTVP.F..*; Pupils entering to the Proc.ticc of this Ho!pital, ale ollo.Avesl to attend that n! For Ptirticulars apply to Mr. IVHITFII. Ls), Apothecary to let. H-owito. , „ ALBEMATILE-WfREET, DFO. N., On Wednesday, the 2 th of Jantiftry; 1826 :Mr. MURRAY will commence the Publication of A DAILY MORNING NEWSPAPER, 91111 E. KEPB.ESKSTA.'FIVE.-7 Al Advertisements, and Communications for the Editor, to be sent to No. 80, Albemarle-street, until th 26th of Ja nuary, and • after that day, to " The Representative", Officc, No. 16, Oreatlienrge.street, Westminster. • 4 ,.• Orders for this Newspaper are requested to be sent to the Postmaiters and Newsmen. MUSICAL NOVELTY. Just published, By CLEMENT' and Co. 26, Cheapside ; and T. LINDSAY, 217, Regent-street, pIIE MELOGRA VIII CON, on entiii.ry . Newlind Interesting Musical Work, by which an in- terminable number of :%lelotlies may be prWuced, and Ama teurs who have u taste for writing Poetry; enabled' to set theft , Verses to music in a variety of Measures, ter the Voice and Piano Forte, without the necessity of it scienti fi c knowledge of the Art. Price One Guinea, complete in, boards; or atpa totely, in two Books, at 12s. and 16e. 6d. each. This verringenious Work requires .no preparatory study, and being equally adapted to juvenile or matured capacitie s, is strongly recommended as a; digible-CIIIIISTMAS PItE. SENT, or NEW YEAR'S GIFT to Young People, by whore. it will befotind an endlestsotiree of.umuseinent during winter evenings. Five Specimens,' composed from TUE MELOGRA PHI CON, are published separately, as a proof of its price only 2s. for the five: „ ".• Prospectuvu gratis. , .GAT II Alt 1) and. DO iiSO Fabidona hie and Military TAILORS, &C., No. 431, STRAN D, (six doors froth St. Martin's-lace); beg leave,Jnost respectfully to inform t h e Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in goteral, that they have opened. the above Premises 'as A General Clothing Eftablishment. G.' & beg' io assilicthase Gentlemen who may he pleased to favour them with their. commands, that every Article will be tha . v6i'he.st Materials anti Workmanship, and cut in the ra m F4tblonable style, at full twenty per cut. under the naual ch Thelollowingls%l brief sist•tch of Prices - for ready Stoney, th e only. Terms upon which (1.. & D. can transact Business , . s. d. 3 0.0 310 0 3 .80 316 0 3 160 '4 d 0 318 0 410 0 iiperilne Coat in colours bitto Blacks and Blues 1 , 444 1.440ny wool ditto , s ,,_ AuPartine Frock Coats, faced with 6 i l K ‘jalaitnereor elcith Trowsers,tnost fashion able colours • - - I llack or Blue:Saxony, ditto Milled Cassitnere Breeches, tna , lo in a , very superior styli e' , . " - oilonet or Valnut II atitroats 131 ' a' ' • , • - - - - - - - dock and Bur Cnuirnere, or white Marcella ... 4 ' - . . 0150 018 0 A So;t of Li ver y complete - - 414 b ,_ e Cloaks of every deseription, Driving And. Great Coats,' tte. K Pt ready made for the convenience of Gentletnen travelling, at Charges equally reasonable. "Ladies' "Habits and Pelisses Plairi or elegantly 14441. - * - • FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13:126. to be Mode certsiti stsottards of busledi, of weiatiftrof OrtiSlo, yild send the sisno• hito every"::atSufy surl, itatrisrtis titer hive heel, 's#,f4 before." To see this act execution, 'two good and, suflisitot parsons, or I more 'according to eircumstitescs were assigoed ire every county, to see thst tosaSures And tv•4ghts were according to the steselardss with power toslevy pi4ialties'On offeuders, &c."' • 'ln the teigti of 'Henry VIE. the 'great diversity of Weights' end' measeres io differ e nt parts of the kingdom, haying , proved ssry perplexing' and - inconvenient, and the above., and several other laws made to reduce 'them to unifermity, havilig by the force of inveterate custom been not ts ithitanding 'prevented, an Act wes Made, en 4 H. VII. (1494) which promi , ael to be more effectual because greater care was taken in its execution. It was enacted, " 'l'hat unto the knights and citizens of every shire and city,-as sembled in this present Parliament, Baroni of the Cinque Ports, and certain burgesses of burgh towns, before they depart from this present Par liament, be delivered one of every weight' and measure; which now our Sovereign, Lord bath caused to he made of brass, for the unmoor): Wealth of all his subjects and lieges within 104 realm of England, according•to the King ourSO.; vereien Lord's standard of his Exchequer of weielits and measures." These knights, citizens, &c. werii directed, to deliver the brass weights and measures trbove mentioned, to the mayors and bailiffs of the cities and towns over which they presided. AccordS lug to a schedule annexed to the Act ; containing their Mnett, in number 43, the iithnboants of all these cities and towns, and the districts around - them, were commanded to peOvide 'themselves, before the feast of St. John the Baptist, with weights and measures exactly agreeable tbahese brass standards, and sealed With the letter H crowned, and from thenceforWard to 'use no other weights or measures. The mayors and bailiffs in the several towns, were reqUired to call in the weights and measures of the people within their jurisdictions twice a year, to exumine them by the:standards, to break and horn such as were found defective, arid to tine • their proprietors,......, for the first offence, fits, ; for the second, 13s. 4t1.; Roth for the third, Os. ; and the 'punishment pf the pillory. Though the''Kies; and Parliatnent bud been at ;rest pains, and no little expellee 7 in tusking this law, and proviilingfoS its execution, it was soon afterwards fotind that a mistake had been committed, and that the weights and mea sures issued were not exactly agreeable to the standards in the Exchequers This Mlitake was rectified by an Acrniadat by the nett Perliatisent, 1496. By that Act the mayors and bailiffs, where such measures had been sent, were com manded to return them into the Exchequer, there to he broken to pieces, and new ones more correct to be sent in their room.' Whilefhese laws Were strictly executed, they were 'no( ineffectual. 'But ns the strict execution of theM was ittended with no little trouble, and various hiconvenisoces trs the magistrateS of towns and cities, it was gra, dually relaxed, and the foriner leregularitieaof weights and measures afterWards' returned: It was probably on account of this Act that the Table or Picture of Weights and Measures was put up in the Court of Exchequer, from which the Autiqunriati Society have published a large print. In this curious representution are shown all the' different kind, of Weights and measures established as above, with their respec tive denominutioos annexed to each, written in the old character. In the midst of the picture the punishotent attending the using of false weights and measures is exhibitedbeing she repreSentation of a man standieg in the pillory ;' a sort of large' post, with tin opening to put the head through, very different in fashion from the pillory nowt in use. The 'Act C24' Henry V kr!. Obliging butchers to yen hy Avoirdupois weight, andlo - have scales, Ike. shows ie what' respects the prs.ceding Act had become in effeet With 'The - p reumb le a ffords, both ie its statements and language, a curious specimen of, the manner of the tithe: " Compluyneth to your moostsßxcellent High• nes your .poore snbjectes of this sar. realme, that, where all mane. of vytailles before this tyme' bathe ben•sold to your subjectes and in especiale the pore p.sones myght while there crafte or bodilie labour bye sufficient for the necessities and sustentac?on of them thete wyffes dere But nowegr.nelouse Lorde all vitaille and in especisll 13eoffe, Mutton, Torke, and Veal's, o hielte is the coition ledyng of the meane 411 d. poore p.sortes are snide at so excessyve price, that your said nettye subjectes Ceti not purse %lithe ther lahourss , and salade sufficient i to: pay.for theresconvenyent vitaile and sustynaunce , " For refortnatibts of these evils; tho COMMOlitt pray the Kira! that it may be totalled, that any one who should sell the CarCHSCS of hOolres, tots, porker, oVveale, or any part, t. (r i: l a e rc t e afierahe.fiest day of August i , ), o next shonldaell the sante by. lawful weight: called ilaberdepayes,"' rind" no olbsiswist-r: the said flesh-to be cut in reasonable pieces according, to the request of the buyer, in like fashitln asbefore that , thm , ha 4 be't'a u sed, without fraud or covyn ; and that all sot. , lt sellers ehosiid have sufficient beans, scales and weights, sealed, rolled " berclepayeti, for. true serving of the buyers. And farther, that it might also 'be reacted,, that no person should take " for any poniikl weight 'of o ss h, of the carcases ofveate of mutton, above' t and leilf farthing, ,s h i e tt l l o )r a i t e'' dk (,) e f ei t t ml ' e or heaolvfly'enlY:yunder ati o f Os. 4d. for every T oootsi sold contrary :—".thisheedys,, necks's, inwardi's, purtersaunces,leggessnor feete, I shall not be counted no parte of She carcases 1 00 1 140 112 0 1: 113 0 I`loo 1 160 014 1) 0160 - • '''' - - - ,,ir --- - ".7, , , , i0 • •• . e fi,, . ~._, ,- , . A- , i, i A \ e • 6,A. - r.• .. , kr . 4 3 -r; , -- ii .: 43 ,4 -,:-, qi VA 4 f ,; ; # e ,4* 1Z,55**, i , , T .. : 4- k . 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By Act 21 Ili,nry VIII., it was.eillicfted no perion t t hould sell, any of .witteS thereimi 4.otrin v oraled, at aturve 84.1 a' gKlluni that icita-say, 1:1 the pint, 2d the quart, 4d the ',wile, and lid Vie gallon.; and thar " uo malmaiel, Bornetteii, nor other scvete wyneS chould lie ietityted above Itid the gallon," and - et rate for a less quantity. This Act also in film recites au Act, 1 -Richard IL, whereby it is enacted, that every tun of wine should cootaill 203 Ballot itf every halt of mahnsy le6 galloti, every tripe MO willohis, every tiercion or pnovheoo 84 gallons, etery luigshead 63 gallons, every tierce 41 pa ions, every barrel 214 gallons, and every ruadlut 113+ gallons. Another Act passed the same year, " because the brewers of ale and bier bud tied and did daille coutiriew to use, for their own shiguler lucre, protitte, and gayoe, to make in their ovine looses, theyr barrels, kylderkyns, and fyrkitis i 'of •moche lesse quantitie, content, rate, nod assize, than they ou f ;ht to be, to the grete hurt, prejudice, and damage of the Kluges liege people," ordains, that coopers, only, should - thenceforth make till barrels, &c. to be of good seasoned wood, with their own proper mark upon each ; and that every barrel for beer should contain 25 gallons, every kilderkin IS gallons, and every firkin 9 gallons, of the King's standard gallon ; and that eery barrel for ale should contain 32 gallons, eiTif Ailderkin 16 gallons, and every 'firkin 8' gallons. The measures for cant were subjected' to milur regUlations with those of wine. 'hi both great frauds are said to have existed. This . complaint, however, appears to have been net. ther new, nor contitiod—to this country. The Name sort of fraud has been discovered to hii!,c existed among the ancients. •In a recess Of eel. fain buildings tit Porn peii, probably horrea, or granaries ) are the public corn measures, Similar , to :those- near the Agora, nt Atheris. '!'h ey are cylindrical 'perforations. The bottom . teas false, and when removed, allowed the corn to run out.: • No attempt to'place the importailt article _or weights and measures'on an equel footing througb out the realm, appears to have taken place dur ing the long reigh of Elizabeth. Strict regul4- tions took place by statute respecting the stand ard weight of goldimith's work, the 'measur'e ments of leather, the weight and measure of honey, and-a very few other things, but :no ge neral reformation was attempted. James I. re. pealed some of the old statutes, but gave nothing better in their stead. Several Acts oft this subject were passed in the reign of Charles 11, 'rho one most explicit was the Act of n William 111. This recites, that by,law.inokeepers were to sell their ale and beer by the ale quart, according to the standard there of in the Exchequer. And enacts, that they Shall continue to bell according to that standard, in .a vessel made. of wood, glass, horn, leather, pewter, or some other good and wholesome metal, made, sized, and eqnolled unto the said staptiard. ansksigned, stampt ,or marked ; to be of . tit(t.COri, t et,t of the said ale quart or ale pint, according to the said standard, either froth the said Exchequer, or from the city of London, or from sours town corpotale, boroOgh or snorkel town, 'where a standard ale quart or ale pint, made from the said.standard, should be kept for that purpose, 'and that such innkeepers should not retail or utter any ale or beer in any other than a vessel to stamps; under a penalty not exceeding 40s. not' less than, 10s, Stowe tells us, that there was, autietttly.a public begin belonging to the city of London, for weigh ing commodities.. between buyer , and seller, and that a master weigher was appointed. And by .an ordinance 3 ward IL it was agreed on by . the ; Common Council, that all the merchandizes Of avoidupois, which were weighed by the beams, should be weighed equally. That the weigher should,remove his hands thence, so that he'seems neither to the seller F buyer, to yield any thing or to takeaway more than is just, in any Manner whatsoever. This weigher wn4 to receive fur the use of the sheriff, 0110 penny for every 1000 lb, .w e i g ht, and for his own trouble, one farthing fee every 1001 b. weight. . The ancient assize of weights and measures, according to the Lib. Horne, remaining in the Guildhall, and which is said to be agreeably 4 4 to the ordinance and description of the whole kingdom of England," —was, that the English 'penny which is called sterling,round, without ton sure or clipping, should weigh 32 grains of br;sd corn in the middle of the ear, and 12 ounces, it adds, make the pound of London, to wit 9.04. and 21b. of sterling* make one gallon, and 8 gal loos make one bushel of London ; and 8 bushels make a quarter of London ; and 12 poqnd and a half make a stone of. London ; and a sack of wool ought to weigh 28 stone, and in some parts 31 stone. r. V I V Ell LO 0 P.01,14.--M ry,lo' lies, alias Waterloo I'oll, was brought before F. A. ROl4 KIN; by II"' ottlyer% of, the Kentlirity Society, under the Vv grant Ac t. She had been found beggintg itt 0 itt-str t The prisoner appeared with Li kononek On her, bock,_ Which she actually lei have worn in the tit Id, when serving uoderth e dkizoiNe of a mho. Site imi( B6l d" bilen sobs, d u . . war en d 44; ',weft When in pru ne , vb hither site wall writ fora month to tool hit/ hod OpCC UAW.. WEST INDIA DUCE C.. Mi'ANY rtriPJil nE COURT of DIRECTORS 4 ,the WEST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, Chit an lOCTRAORDINARY COURT, or GENERAL. MBETIN(3, of this Company will be held, at this House, on FRIDA Y, the 27th inst., at I o'clock in the Aftanoon, pur suant to the following Acquisition, agreeably to the Act of Parliament " We, the undersigned, Members of the West India Dock Company, (being severally PrOprietors of Mt. or upwards - of the maid Company's capital stock), having had referenee to the reductions in the Rates and Charges payable to the Company, .made in the years 1817, 1822, 1823, and 1824, to the mom. mendation of the Select Cimmittee of the House of Counnona on the Foreign• Trade of the Country, and to the declaration of. the Company, in the printed table published on the 27th June 1823, viz.—That the Rates thereby established were • intended to give the West India Trade the use oithetkocks at less than remunerating charges,' whereby the redommendation of tne Select•• Committee of the House of Cominons will be completely fulfilled On the 81st instant, do hereby request that a Special General Court, or Extraordinary. Meeting, of the said Com. pany may he called, for the purpose of considering the expe. diency of making such Alterations In the said Rates as may be adequate and consistent with the fair charge* of the Port of Londen. " W3l. MITCHELL " RICND. LEE " FEN EA S BAR !ELY " CO LIN Ro ttERTSON " ANDREW COLVILLE " )01IN PLUMMER' "JAS. Sil AIV " JOIIN ft DEFFELL " GEC). BROWN " JOHN DRINIKALD," By order of the Court; West India Dock House, H. LaNGLANDS, Jan. 11, 1828. Secretary. N.B.—The Chair will be talcen at 2 o'Clock precisely. POSITIVELY the LAST but TWO, ALL LOTTERIES being then PROHIBITED by ACT of PARLIAMENT. I and J:. SIVEWRIGIIT, the 'CON tir,. • TRACTORS, respectfully remind the Public, that this only mode by which any person may now speedily obtain a large Fortune for a few Pounds, must very 'scion pass away for ever. • In funning this, THEIR FINAL SCHEME, J. and J. SIVEWRIOHT, have been not only studious to retain all the approved pi:ma of late 1 otteries,• many of which were first adop:ed by themselves), hut to meet the desire Of Correspond. cnt,. they have introduced SIX PRIZES of £23,000 &c. &c, forming an aggregate of • A QUARTER of a Al I LLIO:s1 STERLING • • • ALL to be DECIDED in ONE DAY, • WEDNESDAY, let of MARCH; Tickets and Shares are Selling by .T. & J. S I VE W RIG EIT , the Contractors, at their fortunate Offices, No. 37, Cornhill 11, Holborn • and 88, Haytnarket i 'London 3 inhere they sold 12,47'8 - a Prize of - X 30,000 ! 3.818 - a Prize of - £21,063 Besides other Capitals, in the last and late Lotteries. WEIGHTS AND MEASUREi. This subject is one, which more than any other has at different times employed the attention of the Legislature, though with little ur no locid sive result. indeed, when the : good or ill effect which the proper or improper regulation Of weights and measures has upon society is consi• tiered, we need not wonder th:►t they have itt all ages and countries heen deemed an object of the first importance. Weights rind measures, with the ancients, were thought from their great consequence to , have been under the special protection of Mercury and Hercules, %hose busts wore frequently stamped on the former. In the cabinets of Portici and S. Genevieve are weights of all kinds. Two at Portici shall be mentioned. They are of lead. Their form is flat, anolar, and oblong. Upon one side is ?Al E on the other H A BEBIS. The rings, accompanying man , / ~mall beads or butts; of deities, show that thy have been used as %eights. Fabretti, an 1 Moutfaucon, have published numerous weight., mostly formed like the lower half of a pear. but others are cubes, parallelograms, &c., inscribed and plain. La 'this country they .a t r L.: coeval with the aborigines of the island. The British weights were of stone ; and in a barrow, of the Roman British era, were found one mall pair of vales, a touchstone weight of S dwts. 2 gri. ; and a nest of heights piled in one another, in a wooden case decayed. They sere marked with the names of Trajan, Constantius, Bz,c. luding says that ! weights for money are first mentioned 6111 John, though probably earlier. One of James I. engraved " Robinson'S Et?, field," has the figure and resemblance of a coin, To the -;attonigonarchs they were well known, William the'Contjueror ordered stamped Weights and measures to be used throughout the kin ;elate, as his gond predecessors had dene. Sicut Boni predecestures 4tatuerrolt. They are kUbjetq of various statutes in the stic reeding reigns. By Magna Clittr'ta it was or. dahn , d " that one measure of wine should be throughout the realm, and one measure of (flee and one measure' of corn, that is.to say, the quar ter of LOndOn; and Otte beeadth of dyed cloth e rusSetts, end haberjeets, that is to say, two 'yards within' the And it shonld be of weights Its it was of measures." The'statute 14 Ed wanl ill. cap. 12. notiess this - enaetineitt of the great charter, atid adds other regulations to . • Item. Where it is contained in the (lreat Charter,' that Otte eneatull• and OUP %Voiglit Ut throughout 'England, and also it i, comaißed iu a stature made in the titre of King Edward, grandfather of the King that now is, th a t mane shrill . by the bushel, if it the King's - sera, and that it he rice (rr`llittY t(, the King's fitam l ar d. And it. was ilk() contained,that he which should be attuloted of Iltuving double measu re , that is to Say, one greatur iii „buy, and anoth er k se t t) sell, - should Ile, imprisoned little, and grievously punished, which things had nut been holden .nor used after the .., 1 0 mew, to the _great grief of the people. Be it thei'mfure ordained—That from henceforth, one nteasure and one weight shall he used th roug h. out Engl an d, an d t h at the treasurer shall cause //2 ESTABLISHED UPWARDS" OF ShWEN YEARS. LONDON It ..z.ietiSITURY for the CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIEfY, tor every Description of CABINET FURNI TURI44 and UPHOLSTERY done in the first style of elegance, from a Cottage to a Palace. FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANUFACTORY, No. 71, CORNER of LEADENHALI,STRENT, Opposite Aldgate Pump. THE SOCA IY . of CABINET-MAKERS respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment for the benefit of industrious and in genious Mechanics who have large Families, by offering those manufactured articles in the Cabinet line, of the best workman ship, and cheaper than any house can do in London, there be ing no other profit required, on the goods but the warehouse and other expences ; being sufficiently satisfied with having constant employment for themselves and families. Tile Committee of this Establishment return their sincere thanks to the Nobility and Public in general, for the most ge net-ohs and liberal patronage bestowed on the Society during the List year, and hope still to merit, by humble endeavours, their future favours. On their seventh Annual Meeting, which took place on Friday, the Ist day of last July, the Committee have tne pleasure to announce to the Public, that after deduCt ing for sick, printing, and other incidental eapences, the divi dend for each member amounted to 21. 10s., which was paid to each on the above day. Forty new members were received i.ito the Society last year, and the Committee still hope through the public favour, that they will be enabled to increase the number this year. 'lna society and their families beg leave to return their sin. cere thinks to those Ladies and Lientlemen who have hitherto honotire.l them. with their order's and recomMentiation, and shall al ways t.el happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction; at the same time solicit a continuance of thei,. benevolence. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the eery Low Pricer,, sill Warranted of good Workinsuiehip and Dry Wood. —Ready Money only. Full-size mahogany 4-post lath bottom Bedstead £4 4 u Full-sized Tent Bedstead - - 1 0 0 Ditto with Furniture . - . - 315 0 Bordered straw Mattress to fit . - I 1 o Ditto doe-hair Mattress to tit - - - 1 1 V Feather Bed tree trona dust or smell - - 3 10 o Three ft. 0 in. feather Bed ditto . - 2 12 0 Four ft. 0 in. bordered horse-hair tick Mattress 2 10 u Four It. 6 in. ditto of. the best elastic horse-hair in tick 3 3 u Four ft. 6 in. flock .Bed and Bolster . - 1 10 u Six japanned Chairs, in oil, of any colour or description 1 7 0 Best japanned ditto Dressing-table with drawer V iti u Ditto dim) Waslishittril-stand ditto - - 0 1 u Common japanned Wash-hand-stand - - V 8 0 Common ditto Dressing-table . - - 0 it o 1, ft. Cheat of mahogany Drawers, solid Drawers 3 10 0 3 ft. 6 iu. ditto ' . - - - 4 12 o 3.181)(4411y 2-step Bed-step Night Convenience - 1 6 o Ditto 3 ditto Night. Convenience . - 1 14 0 Ditto Bidett end Pan - - - I 6 0 Bed-room Bag - Chair - - 3 0 o Bet!-rouin Sofa Bedstead with S M atreeses to fit, with Top 3 8 0 Ditto . . ' - - - - 4 4 0 Ilandeotne 3lahogany Wardrobe - - 13 13 o Ditto . - . - 15 i 5 0 k'rcrich Bedstead in Oil of the bast description 134tubou Tent BedMtead S $ o I 12 u 110:11761,krencti Top, with Rods for Furniture to draw 2 10 o 13.unboo French Eliptic Top Bedstead and Drapery, Furniture, Fringe, &c. - 8 10 o 5 ft. mahogany 4-post Bedstead and Furniture, with French Draperies lined all through, silk Fringe 14 14 0 5 ft. ditto with Cornice - • - 16 16 0 1, ft. in. ditto lB 18 u 6 ft. 6 in. ditto with Burnished Gold Congo's. els. gent Draperies Mahogany Dressing Table Ditto - 22 0 0 -1 4 0 - 1 11) u Servants' Drawers - - - 2 2 ti Eight mahogany Chairs, 6 and 2 Elbows,' sovered in Horse-hair and brass nails . . Mahogany Pembroke Table . . Ditto Dining Table . - Mahogany Sofa or Couch, covered in Horso.hair to match Chairs I. - 6 10 0 Ditto - - - - 710 0 Dittu - - - - 810 0 Ditto . • - - VlO 0 Ditto . . - - 10 10 0 Cellaret Sideboard . - - 016 0 Ditto - . . 7 7• 0 Handsome Pedestal Sideboard with carved Back 10 10 0 Ditto - - - - 12 12 0 Ditto • - - - 15 10 0 Ditto - 18 10 0 Ditto . - 22 10 0 Set of 4 ft, Mahogany Dining Tables, 11 ft. 6 in. lung 15 10 is Ditto - - 17 0 0 - • 4 ft. 0 in. ditto . - - 17 10 0 4 ft. 6 in. ditto - - 19 10 0 Small Dining Table on Patent Principle - 810 0 Ditto - - 11 10 0 Ditto. t 0 . - • 10 10 0 Ditto ' .. , .- - 12 12 0 Mahogany Pillor and Claw Table - 3 lb 0 Ditto ; , , - - - 4 4 o Mahogany Tray-stand , - U 8 0 Butlers' Tray - - - U 12 0 Patent Sandwich Tray, Brass Lock - 1 8 o Abo logft ny Music Chair, inlaid with:BraSe - 2 0 0 Music Stool covered in Morocco , , - ~ . 1 0 o Music or Chair . . . . . U 0 0 8 Mahogany Chairs, 0 and 2 , elbotts, covered in - • Horse-hair - - 7 IV. 0 8 Trafalgar Chairs, Loose Seats, Brass Moulded 10 10 o 8 do. Best Spanish - . 12 12 0 S rw da t i l id Sofa Tables, branded in . - . • . - 8 16. a e i t t o o f se Als oo ho any Ou ll Set ditto on Pillar and Claws . . - 14 10. 0 Ditto . . . . • 16 16 o 8 16 0 2 0 o 10 0 , Ditto ' - - - - - ' - 17 16 o Ditto, the Best that can be made - . 20 10 6 Llegant Dining-room Window Curtains, cornished, lined and fringed - - - - 0 6 0 Ditto ditto, - - ' - 7 7 0 Ditto, the Beiit that can be made, gold aornisb, silk . fringe, &c. - - • - 10 10 0 Drawittg-rootu Couch - - • 6 6 0 Ditto . . - - - 610 0 Ditto, (the Belt that can be made) • • • 7 7 0 Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs, each - 1 0 o Ditto inlaid with Brass, do. - - 1 V 0 Ditto, ditto do. - - 1 6 0 Best Hoise-hair dushion - - - 0 6. 6 Common ditto - - - - - 0 4 6 Real Rosewood Drawing-room Tables, iu two Card _ and Sofa, _ - - • - 19 _0 0 Ditto ' ditto - - • 21 10 0 Ditto, French polished, Carved Lion' Claw - 20 5 0 Elegant Drawing-room Curtains, each - • 86 0 Ditto . - - - 7 7 0 Ditto - - - - - 8 8 0 Rosewood Tea•Caddiea, of all kinds of Ft nay, from 10e. to 265. - Imitation Rosewood Canterbury - 1 12 0 Mahogany ditto - - - 1 12 0 Chimney Glass - 41. 18s., 7/. 75., and 10 10 0 Japanned Rosewood Cheilloneer, Silk Front 2 11l 0 Ditto, do. - • 310 o Ditto, do. - - 718 0 Ditto, do. - . 8 10 o Lady's Work Table, Mahogany . - - 116 0 . Ditto, with silk Bag and Fringed, 31.85., 41. 45., and 5 6 0 Pair of. Pole Fire Screens inlaid with Brass • - 2 8 0 Pair of Screen Tables - - • '2 10 0 Foot. Stool of any description - - 07 0 Japan Book Shelves . - - 0 7 o Rosewood do. . - - . 0 10. o Maho gan y d o , . . . 1. 0 o Rosewood boo Tables., 81. 101, 91. 10s., 102.105., & 12,12 0 All Feather Beds warranted free from dust or smell, or the Money returned, W. THURNELL, Agent. Country Dealers supplied..--Goods Packed fit. for all parts of Great Britain and to the East and West Indies. Captains fitted Out, and Merchants supplied with Cabinet O r citids for Exporta tion. Apartments Furnished. 14 a few hours notice, and Houses in two or four days. p. MI Goods for the Country must be paid for on Delivery at the Wharf. , All kinds-of Drawing and Dining Room Curtains and Bed Furnitures of every description li.lade,up And Re-cleaned tar Town and Country, by sending your own Cotton.